A Digital Ecosystem in OriginsNext is a connected network of Participants (organisations) that work together across a supply chain or scheme. Every organisation belongs to an ecosystem, for example SoyNet, CoffeeNet, the Australian Wildlife Traceability System (AWTS) or WoodFlow EUDR. Each ecosystem enables:
Organisation-level permissions and collaboration.
Shared access to registry data, for example Product Templates and Locations.
End-to-end visibility and traceability.
Sharing Orders, Evidence and reports with the organisations you choose.
Ecosystems can be private (for one company and its suppliers) or public (across an industry or scheme). They give every party the same trusted place to record and share supply chain data.
How your ecosystem shapes what you see
The ecosystem your organisation belongs to shapes parts of OriginsNext for you. The screens and data work the same way in every ecosystem, but the ecosystem can change:
Area | What can change |
Home screen | The tiles on your Home screen and the screens they open. |
Labels | Some terms, so that screens use words that fit the commodity, for example suppliers and buyers. |
Forms | How some forms are laid out. For example, the form for a new Order is a short form in WoodFlow EUDR and the full form in other ecosystems. |
Required evidence | The evidence the ecosystem asks of Participants and Locations, shown as a checklist on their Required evidence tab. |
If requirements are pre-configured for an Order's origin country and commodity (HS code), they appear on the Order automatically; if not, add them yourself. Because the screens are shared, the articles in this Help Centre apply whichever ecosystem you are in, and they say so where behaviour differs.
Example: WoodFlow EUDR
WoodFlow EUDR is the OriginsNext ecosystem for timber supply chains, delivered with our partner WoodFlow. Its Home screen has tiles such as "Manage suppliers and their forests", "Manage buyers", "Provide missing evidence" and "Add order". These tiles open the same general screens used in every ecosystem:
The supplier and buyer tiles open the Participants list with the relationship filter already set.
Adding a supplier opens the same Add participant drawer used to add any Participant.
Adding an Order opens the short form for a new Order.
For WoodFlow EUDR guides, see the Getting Started with WoodFlow EUDR collection.
Example: the SoyNet ecosystem
SoyNet is an OriginsNext ecosystem for the global soy supply chain. It connects the organisations along the soy value chain into one digital ecosystem, so the same data follows the soy from origin to finished product. A SoyNet ecosystem can link:
Farms and producer groups recording where the soy was grown, and the evidence they hold for it.
Traders, crushers and processors recording custody and ownership changes as soy is moved and transformed into products such as meal and oil.
Exporters, shippers and importers recording shipments and Orders.
Brands and manufacturers receiving the finished product together with its full history.
Certifiers, regulators and financiers, who can be given the specific evidence the other parties choose to share with them.
Because everyone works in the same ecosystem, each party adds their part once and shares it along the chain, without each company having to rebuild the picture itself.
For more on SoyNet, see the SoyNet collection.